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| - | |**Active**|1643 to 1645| | + | |**Active**|1643 to 1648| |
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
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| |**Area Raised**|Tweeddale| | |**Area Raised**|Tweeddale| | ||
| |**Coat Colour**|Grey| | |**Coat Colour**|Grey| | ||
| - | |**Flag Colour**|| | + | |**Flag Colour**|Blue| |
| - | |**Flag Design**|| | + | |**Flag Design**|yellow/white saltire| |
| |**Field Armies**|Leven 1643-5| | |**Field Armies**|Leven 1643-5| | ||
| + | | |Leslie 1647?| | ||
| + | | |Hamilton 1648| | ||
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| **Later Colonel Walter Scott’s, then Colonel William Baillie’s Regiment of Foot** | **Later Colonel Walter Scott’s, then Colonel William Baillie’s Regiment of Foot** | ||
| - | //Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for service in England, forming part of Leven’s army// | + | //Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for service in England, forming part of Leven’s army, subsequently continuing as part of the Scots New Model Army and fighting at Preston// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
| ====1643==== | ====1643==== | ||
| - | *Raised | + | *August Buccleugh commissioned colonel, raised in Tweeddale |
| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| + | *January: Join Leven | ||
| + | *March: Battle of Hylton | ||
| *April to July: Siege of York | *April to July: Siege of York | ||
| *2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor | *2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor | ||
| *July: Siege of York | *July: Siege of York | ||
| - | *July to October: Siege of Newcastle | + | *July: Quartered in Yorkshire |
| + | *August to October: Siege of Newcastle | ||
| ====1645==== | ====1645==== | ||
| + | *Taken over by Scott | ||
| *July to September: Siege of Hereford | *July to September: Siege of Hereford | ||
| + | *Quartered in Yorkshire | ||
| + | *November to May 1646: Siege of Newark | ||
| + | ====1646==== | ||
| + | *May: Taking of Newark | ||
| + | *September: Quartered in Northumberland | ||
| + | ====1647==== | ||
| + | *January: Walter Scott commissioned Colonel, his regiment form part of the Scots New Model Army, reinforced by other regiments returning from England | ||
| + | *Spring: Serve under Leslie in the northeast? | ||
| + | ====1648==== | ||
| + | *Spring: The regiment accused of plundering Kirkcudbright | ||
| + | *May: Scott opposes the Engagers and leaves for the Continent, the regiment is taken over by Baillie | ||
| + | *July: Preston campaign (det) | ||
| + | *August: Battle of Winwick Pass | ||
| + | *August: Surrender to the New Model Army at Warrington | ||
| =====Notes==== | =====Notes==== | ||
| - | =====Coats and Flags===== | + | A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 |
| + | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
| + | The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets. Reid has identified the regiment's flags under Baillie at Preston as having a blue field with a half yellow (sinister) and half white (dexter) saltire with in the centre a green wreath enclosing a red star. Companies seem to have been distinguished by the number of stars as flags with 3 and 5 were also captured. The inscription reads //Couenant for Religion King and Kingdoms//((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1)) | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | Lists of the regiment's officers are shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651// Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 and in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 | ||
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| ====Earl of Buccleugh==== | ====Earl of Buccleugh==== | ||
| + | [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott,_2nd_Earl_of_Buccleuch|Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch]] | ||
| ====Col Walter Scott==== | ====Col Walter Scott==== | ||
| + | Took over the regiment in 1645 | ||
| ====Col William Baillie==== | ====Col William Baillie==== | ||
| - | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/william-baillie|William Baillie]] | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/william-baillie|William Baillie]] took over the regiment in 1648 when Lieutenant General. |
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *January 1644: 1200 men | ||
| + | *December 1645: 358 men | ||
| + | *February 1646: 301 men | ||
| + | *April 1646: 358 men | ||
| + | *February 1647: 800 men in 6 companies | ||
| + | *August 1648: 128 officers and men surrender at Warrington | ||
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| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
